Object storage

wikipedia:Object storage is a computer data storage architecture that manages data as objects, as opposed to other storage architectures like file systems which manages data as a file hierarchy, and block storage which manages data as blocks within sectors and tracks.

Object Storage cloud providers

• Amazon S3 (2006)
• Swift (OpenStack) (2010)
• IBM Cloud
• MinIO (2014, Go)
• Ceph (2012)
• Object Storage Service
• Cloudian HyperStore Object Storage
• Azure Blob Storage
• Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS) (50 Gb free tier)

Related terms

• Centera
• File system: HDFS
• NetApp FabricPools

See also

• Object storage: AWS S3, ceph, Scality, SWIFT, Cloudian, MinIO, Swift (OpenStack), Object versioning
• key-value
• GPFS, GFS2